dictionary definitions for "jejune"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  jejune
      adj 1: lacking in nutritive value; "the jejune diets of the very
             poor" [syn: insubstantial]
      2: displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; "adolescent
         insecurity"; "jejune responses to our problems"; "their
         behavior was juvenile"; "puerile jokes" [syn:
         adolescent, juvenile, puerile]
      3: lacking interest or significance; "an insipid personality";
         "jejune novel" [syn: insipid]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jejune \Je*june"\, a. [L. jejunus fasting, hungry, dry, barren,
     scanty; of unknown origin.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Lacking matter; empty; void of substance.
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     2. Void of interest; barren; meager; dry; as, a jejune
        narrative.
  
     3. Juvenile; childish; immature.
        [PJC]
  
     4. Lacking nutritional value.
        [PJC] - Je*june"ly, adv. -- Je*june"ness, n. --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]


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